Hair curling apparatus



Dec. 25, 1934. w B TUBES 1,985,472

HAIR CURLING APPARATUS Filed Aug. 9, 1953 l wyQ a l Patented Dec. 25, 1934 t i 1,985,472

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE HAIR CURLING APPARATUS William B. Tubbs, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Hollywood Cone Waving Company, Saginaw, Mich., a corporation of Michigan i Application August `9, 1933 Serial No. 684,343

7 Claims. l(Cl. 132--33) This invention relates to hair curling appara- 18, provided adjacent the outerend thereof with tus and is particularly directed t a hair waving an annular groove 19. slidably and `rotatably rod for permanent hair waving. extending within the axial opening 14 is a rod An object of this invention is to provide a de- 22 formed with screw threaded portions 23 and '5; vice of the character described having improved 24 at the opposite ends thereof, projecting from 5- means for tensioning the hair wound on the rod the opposite ends of said member 13. Screwed and for retaining the hair in tensioned condition. to the threaded portion 24 is a member 25 hav- A further object of this invention is to proing a threaded opening 2G for receiving said vide a neat, compact and rugged curling device threaded portion 24. The member 25 is further- 101 of the character described which shall be commore formed with an annular groove 26a of semi- 101 paratively inexpensive to manufacture, comprise circular transverse cross-section in an intermedifew and simple parts, be easy to assemble and ate portion thereof. The outer end of said memmanipulate, and which shall nevertheless be pracber 25 is formed with a transverse through slot tical and efficient to a high degree. 27 for the purpose hereinafter appearing. Pref- 152: .Other objects of this invention will in part be erably, the member 25 is fixed to the threaded end 15':

obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out. of the rod whereby said rod may' be rotated by The invention accordingly consists in the featurning said member. The end rod 22 may be tures of construction, combinations of elements, fixed to member 25 in any other suitable manner. and arrangement of parts which will be exempli- Disposed within the groove 19 and fixed tothe fied in the construction hereinafter described, the member 13 is a small curved strip of spring metal 20 scope of application of which will be indicated in or pawl 30 having the inner end thereof 31 solthe following claims. v dered or otherwise suitably fixed at the bottom of In the accompanying drawing, in which is said groove. 'Ihe member 30` curves spirally so shown one of the various possible illustrative emthat the outer end thereof normally projects bodiments of this invention, slightly beyond the groove. The outer end of the 25 Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a head with a spring 30 is preferably formed with a notch 32 lock of hair wound on my improved curler, and forming two spaced points 33 for the purpose illustrating my improved method of preparing hereinafter appearing.

the hair for vpermanent waving; Slidably and rotatably received on the cylin- Fig. 2 is an elevational view of a hair curler drical portion 18 is a member 40 having a cen- 30.; embodying the invention; tral bore or socket 41 for receiving said cylindrical Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the curler strucportion. The outer surface of 'said member 40 ture shown in Fig. 2, with parts broken away to may be of octagonal shape so as to facilitate show the interior construction; finger manipulation for rotating the same. The

35T Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line end wal143 of said member 40 is provided with an 35: 4 4 of Fig. 3 ;l axial screw threaded opening 44 to which may Fig. 5 iS a. View Similarto Fig. 2, but illustratbe screwed the screw threaded portion 23 of the ing a modified construction; and rod 22. Preferably interposed between the end Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the structure wall 43 of the member 40 and the adjacent end 40. shown in Fig. 5 with parts broken away to Show of the member 13, is a spring washer 45 and a 4Q;

the interior construction.` flat washer 46.v

Referring now in detail to the drawing, 10 des- As1 shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, the member ignates a head having a lock of hair ll wound 40 covers the groove 19. The outerend of the on a curling device'12 embodying the invention. spring 30 engages `the inner' surface of said The device 12 comprises an elongated tubular member 40, thus permitting turning of,l said 45.) member 13 having an axial bore Illl and formed member 40 in one direction relative to the tubular with a plurality of adjacent pairs of oppositely member13 and preventingrotation of the memdisposed truncated conical surfaces 16 and 17. ber 40 relative to the member 13 in the opposite The pairs of truncated portions are disposed base direction. The member 40 is thus clutched to to base thus forming a succession of grooves and the tubular member 13. In assembling the device, are preferably of gradually decreasing diameter the end of spring 30 is pushed into the groove longitudinally from one end of the member 13 to to permit member 40 to be fitted into the cylinthe other, whereby said member is of generally drical portion 18. tapered form. At the thicker end thereof, said The manner of using the device will now be member 13 is formed with a cylindrical portion described. A lock of hair is wound on the curling 55 device from the end 25 which is placed adjacent the scalp toward the outer end, the rod being held substantially normal to the surface of the head. The lock of hair is wound tightly about the truncated portions helically outwardly. The inner end of the lock is tied to the member 25 by a string or the like, which may be passed through the slot 27 and vin the groove 26 for firmly attaching theY lock of'hair to said member 25,. The outer end of the lock of hair is tied to the cylindrical portion 18. Thereafter, the device 12is held at the cylindrical portion 18 in one hand and the member 40 rotated relatively tothe member 13, with the other hand. Rotation of the member 40 causes rotation of the member Z5, to`

which the inner end of the lock of hairr is tied rmly. Since the outer end of the lock is tied4 to the member 13 rotation ofthe member 25 will cause the hair to become more tightly Wound and' tensioned on the curler. Of course, the lock of hair must be wound in a direction opposite the direction in whichmember 40 may be rotated, so that rotation of said member will serve to tension the Wound-lock. By lmak-ing the truncated portions- 1.6Aand 17 reduce gradually in diameter so that the member 13 is generally substantially tapered from the outer end to the inner end, the lock of hair after it is Wound on the curler produces asubstantially cylindricall outer surface, the hairrbeing thicker near the scalp and thinner toward the ends thereof. Further with this construction substantially uniform, waves are obtainedv as the lock of hair is 4thicker at the scalp andgradually thins outwardly. After the hair is wound-on the curling device, and hair Waving pad wrappedwthe-rearound, the usual cylindrical electricalheater may be readily applied thereon.

The direction ofthe threads 23 is preferably suchthatrotationof member 40 will tend to screw said member furtheron the rod 22 to prevent looseness. of" the parts when a lock. of hair is being tensioned.

InFlgs. 5'and6 is shown a modified construction similar tolthe device shown inFigs. 1, 2, 3l

and 4, excepting that the truncated'portionsla andy 17a, increase .gradually in diameter toward the scalp end 25 .of the device. This curle'r which i.

tapers generally toward the scalp'end thereof is for usepreferably with hair longer thansix inches and develops .a larger wave at the scalp decreasing gradually` toward the outer end where are formedsmaller'curls.

It'` Willk thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several `objects of this invention are achieved, andwhich iswell adapted to meet theconditions of 4practical use.

Asvarious possible embodiments of this invention might be made, and as various changes mightibe `made inthe embo diment above .set forth, it isxto be understood'that all-matter herein set forth 01 shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted` as illustrative andnot in a limiting` sense.

Having thus describedmy invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentz l; A curling device comprising an elongated member havingmadjacentrpairs of oppositely disposed truncated conical surfaces of longitudinally decreasing diameter.

2. A curling device comprising an elongated tubular member, a rod extending through said tubular member and projecting from the ends thereof, members attached to the projecting ends of said rod and means for clutching one of said last mentioned members to said tubular member, the outer .surface of said tubular member. having adjacent pairs of oppositely disposed truncated vconical portions.

3,. A curling device comprising an elongated tubular member, a rod extending through said tubular member and projecting from the ends thereof, a pair of members attached to the projecting ends of said rod and means for clutching one of said last mentioned members to said tubular member, the other of said pair of members being formed with a transverse slot, said tubular member being formed with oppositely disposed conical surfaces.

4. A curling device comprising a tubular member having a generally taperingl portion and a cylindrical portion at one end extending from the tapering portion, a member received on one end ofA said tubular member and having a socket rotatably receiving said cylindrical portion, said cylindrical portion having an annular groove,

a pawl attached'to the bottom of the groove andr engaging said socketed member, a rod extending through said tubular member and attached at one end to said socketed member, and a'member attached to the opposite endof said rod. i

5. A curling device comprising an elongated tubular member having .a plurality of adjacent pairs of oppositely disposed truncated conical surfaces of. graduallyV decreasing diameters longitudinally, said tubular member having a cylindrical portion at one end thereof, a rod extending through said tubular vmember and beyond the ends thereof, a member xedto one end of ,said rod, and a member screwed to the Opposite end o f. said rod and rotatably receivingr said cylindrical portion,` said cylindrical portion being formed with an annular groove, and a spring within said groove iixed at one end thereof to the bottom or said groove and the-opposite end ofgsaid spring contacting saidlast member.

6. A curling device comprising an elongated tubular member having pairs of oppositely ydisposed truncated conical surfaces of longitudinally decreasing diameter, said member having an axial opening, a rod extending through ,said opening and extending beyond the ends thereof, men bers attached tothe projectingends of said rod, and means for permitting rotation of one of said las-tfmentioned members with respect to said tubular member, in one direction and Ypreventing rotation of said member wit-h respect to said tubular member inthe opposite direction.

7. A device for use in permanent hair Waving apparatus including a rod of generally tapering form and having shallow surface grooves in succession from near the scalp end, the grooves being formed between portions of truncated cone-like forms set base-to-base.

WILLIAM B. TUBBS. 

